Tau Reproduction – Under the Matt Ward era
supposedly they laid eggs. This was never verified and apparently was a
bit of a joke around GW headquarters.

Council of Nikaea: The council’s name, subject, and
consequences have strong resemblance to the Roman Council of Nicea in
325 AD, which helped shape Catholic dogma.

Battleblade – According toBryan Ansell, who led the manager buy-out of GW back in the early 1990’s, Warhammer was almost named Battleblade back in the 1970’s.

Nurgle: “Nergal” was a diety worshiped throughout Mesopotamia, portrayed in hymns and myths as a god of war and pestilence.

H.G. Wells – The famous writer is said to have invented miniature wargaming in 1913 with is book titled Little Wars.

Storm of Iron - This riveting Black Library book by
Graham McNeill, that sold out more times than I can count, seems to be
inspired and loosely based on an amazing non-fiction book called Storm of Steel. That book written by a WWI German army officer named Ernst Jünger, offered a graphic tale of Trench Warfare from his experiences in that war.

Mournival: In ancient Egyptian mythology, the sky-god Horus
has four sons of different nature who are said to collectively make up
his soul.

Ha, now you can impress your gamer buddies with your new trivia
knowledge, or have a leg up on your fellows in the next pub quiz!